Chest-handle.



No. 790,689. v PATENT'ED MAY 23,1905.

' J DJJUDKINS.

CHEST HANDLE.

APPLIOATION FILED APR, 4, 1904.

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Patented May 23, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN D. JUDKINS, OF HARMONY, MAINE.

CHEST-HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 790,689, dated May 23,1905.

A pli ati fil d April 4, 1904:. Serial No. 201,555.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN D. JUDKINS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Harmony, in the county of Somerset and State of Maine, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Chest-Handles, of whichthe following is a specification. This invention relates tochest-handles, and has for its objects to provide a handle for chests,trunks, milk-cans, and the like which will be strong, efficient,compact, durable, convenient to use, and which may be cheaplymanufactured.

Another object of the invention is to provide a handle which willnormally rest flat against the trunk'or chest, and is therefore notliable to be broken off.

Another object is to provide a handle which will be protected againstaccident during transportation and which will remain in its protectedposition, no matter in what position the supporting chest, trunk, or theike is placed.

A further object of my invention is to provide a handle continuouslyheld under spring tension whereby movement thereof and, when used inconnection with milk-cans, obj ectionable rattling is prevented.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts ,as will be hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularlypointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes inthe form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within thescope of the claims without de arting from the spirit or sacrificing any0' the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows in perspective a chest provided with myimproved handle. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view on'the line a a ofFig. 1, showing the handle in the position it occupies when not in use,the outstanding guard being omitted. Fig. 3 is a similar sectional viewshowing the handle in the position it occupies when in use.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in each andevery figure of the drawings. a

In the preferred embodiment of my invention I employ a metal plate orhandle-support 1, provided with an arched central portion 2, havingopenings 3 at each side there of, through which pass a pintle orhinge-bar 4, to the ends of which is connected, preferably integral, agrip member or handle whose shape corresponds approximately to that ofthe lower half of the plate or handle-support 1.

Adjacent to the openings 3 are shoulders 11, against which the sides ofthe handle 5 abut when the handle is raised.

The openings 3 are open at the back or base of the plate 1, so that thehinge-bar or pintle carried by the handle may be readily placed inposition.

On the pintle or hinge-bar,-preferably at I the center thereof, islocated'a curved outstanding cam which engages a spring 7, preferably ofsteel, attached to the back of the plate 1, preferably near the bottomthereof, by a screw 7 or by a rivet or in any other well-known way, asshown in Fig. 3.

The action of the spring 7 on the cam 6 serves to normally hold thehandle close to the plate, as shown in Fig. 2.

Extending from the upper part of the supporting-plate 1 to the base ofsaid plate is an outstanding rib or guard 8, which serves the purpose ofstrengthening the plate 1, protecting it against injury from a blow orforcible contact with other objects and allowing room for the formationof recess 8 in the back thereof to accommodate cam 6 and spring 7. j

The handle is attached to the ch est, trunk, can, or the like by screws9 or by rivets or in any other well-known way, a recess being providedunder the plate to accommodate the movement of the cam 6 and the spring7.

It will thus be seen that I have provided an exceedingly cheap,efficient. and durable handle which is normally held in a closedposition by a spring in constant engagement therewith. and is protected,from injury by an outstanding guard or brace, which also serves tostrengthen the handle-support.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-- shape to the edge of the lower portion of thesupportingplate and normally disposed about the lower portion of saidplate in the plane thereof, a cam carried by said hingebar and extendingaway from the handle and in approximately the plane of the hinge-bar andhandle, a spring engaging said cam and adapted to return and hold thehandle in a closed position.

' JOHN D. JUDKINS.

In presence of CHAS. C. McLAUGHLIN, ERROL B. REED.

